2 charged with cutting wires; 40,000 lose internet service

[mercuryblues]

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police have charged two people with cutting more than 2,000 fiber optic cables, leaving over 40,000 homes and businesses without internet service in the southwestern part of the state.

Norwalk police said they arrested Asheville, North Carolina, residents Jillian Persons and Austin Geddings on Saturday during a surveillance operation. Both were charged with larceny and criminal mischief crimes, as well as interfering with police. Persons also was accused of giving a false statement to police.

Both were detained on $200,000 bail. It was not immediately clear if they have lawyers who could respond to the allegations.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/2-charged-with-cutting-wires-40-000-lose-internet-service/ar-AA19nPYJ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9cd1b00386b343cb998d25eac47b1a4d&ei=17

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. mugshots

[H2O Man]

2. Oh deer

in headlights.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. lol...yes regarding the guy. The woman's face says "another bad choice made"

[H2O Man]

5. Looks like meth

for her.

[Deuxcents]

8. I thought that, too. Hickeys on her neck.😖

[Rural_Progressive]

17. Hickeys or bruising from choking??

[LiberalArkie]

22. Acne from meth

[H2O Man]

25. I think so, too.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Li'l antlers coming in too

[grantcart]

18. MAGA in the spotlight.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

21. Probably not arrested at a Mensa group. n/t

[H2O Man]

3. Recommended.

Asswipes.

[Chainfire]

7. I would be curious as to what cause they thought they were serving.

Or were they just causing destruction for the hell of it? If I am incapable of creating I can always destroy (The mantra of conservatives everywhere) I suspect that the cute couple are in deep doo doo.

[LiberalArkie]

23. Probably going to sell the "wire" to buy meth.. They think if it is on a pole it is wire..

It is funny when they crawl way up and try to cut the high voltage and the power company has to come and remove the crispy critter.

[mercuryblues]

28. They could have stayed in NC to do that.

Why in CT and why that service provider?

[Rebl2]

9. Same thing happened

the other day in KC area. Spectrum cable lines were cut leaving many with no cable, internet or phone service. Hope those people are caught in our area as well.

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. Was that up on N. OAK?

Bunch were out for several hours.

[Rebl2]

30. Not sure

where exactly it was. Saw it on local news Saturday morning and they just said several areas were without service because someone cut a cable. I don’t have that cable service.

[leftyladyfrommo]

31. It was Saturday morning early. Came back about

10:30. Up around N. Oak and N. 64 th street. They said every one's wifi was out all around.

[Permanut]

10. This won't happen when the rightful President is back in the White House..

Nice little country you have here; it would be a shame if something happened to it.

[Pepsidog]

11. You cut internet and public stoning should be the penalty.

[wnylib]

12. So they travelled from North Carolina to Connecticut to do this?

Must be dedicated MAGAs who think they have a special mission to disrupt the country.

[Celerity]

19. they sound more like roaming drug addict burglars (the girl especially looks like a meth head)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217784562#post15

[IbogaProject]

13. Might be to help with burgulary

Maybe they thought that would disable internet based security systems. Not too smart as if that is substantiated that is likely a federal offense as well as stupid as plenty of alarms used leased lines to the Verizon central office or are now wireless as backup if not main mode of connection. Dude has those tight pupils so I'd say he is on meth too.

[Cyberologist]

14. Domestic terrorists, extremists, supremacist/neoNazi united in attacking infrastructure

Anti-government domestic terrorists, extremists, supremacist/neoNazi united in physically attacking critical infrastructure, eg.
North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, Maryland.

Between January and August of 2022 there were 106 reported attacks on power stations, substations, and other elements of the power grid in an order to stir civil and economic unrest that could lead to a race war.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-conspiring-provide-material-support-plot-attack-power-grids-united

[Celerity]

15. Man who broke into sleeping woman's home arrested after forensic evidence identifies him (Jan 2022)

https://wlos.com/news/local/forensic-evidence-leads-police-identify-wanted-man-broke-into-sleeping-womans-home-asheville-austin-keith-geddings-burglary-felony-larceny



ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — UPDATE: Asheville Police Department said Thursday afternoon, Jan. 6, that Austin Keith Geddings was arrested and was being held at the Buncombe County Detention Center on a $75,000 secured bond.

APD said Wednesday, Jan. 5 that Austin Keith Geddings, 24, of Manning, South Carolina, has been charged with the following:

Felony First Degree Burglary
Felony Breaking and/or Entering
Felony Larceny after Breaking and Entering (2 counts)
Back in October of 2021, Geddings broke into a woman's apartment located in Kenilworth while she was sleeping and stole several items sometime before she woke up the next morning.

[live love laugh]

16. "Mischief"⁉️⁉️

[Celerity]

24. In United States criminal law, mischief is an offense against property that typically involves the

intentional or reckless infliction of property damage, defacement, alteration, or destruction of property.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief

[live love laugh]

29. I get it but mischief is still tied to the definition of "naughtiness"

among other things, that seemingly makes light of a very serious offense.

The law is the law of course but it’s obvious many laws need to change.

[mackdaddy]

26. Cutting fiber optic lines could also be huge civil dollar losses against them too.

Not that you can get blood out of a turnip with these two.

Some underground utility work was being done near a place I used to work. They were being extremely careful because some fiber trunk line went through and if they cut the line then they could be on the hook for several thousand dollars per hour of down time plus the actual repair costs.

Hard to tell if these two were trying to steal copper or more wannabe domestic terrorist.

[orthoclad]

27. It's infrastructure week!

Power stations are sooo last month!

Go to blue states and mess with things. Yeeha!

[mercuryblues]

32. LOL

[JuJuChen]

33. Dis-Connecticut

[mercuryblues]

34. LOL

[dembotoz]

35. imagine their surprise to discover the cable runs did not have metal in them

usually when you are hacked it is done by a computer and not an axe

used to work for a company that did phone systems and network. Our dumpsters were visited by scrappers on a regular basis.